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Calif. OKs Unprecedented Plan To Protect Joshua Trees From Climate Change [9]

"California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and development."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 08/18/2025
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"Boundary Waters Canoe Area Faces Uncertain Future Amid Budget Cuts" [19]

"The Trump administration is also looking to revive mining in the popular wilderness area"

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [24]
Source: Sierra [25], 08/18/2025
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Republicans Who Backed Trump’s Big Bill Have Accepted Over $105M From Big Oil [26]

"The Republican lawmakers who voted for Donald Trump’s anti-environment tax and spending bill have accepted more than $105m in political donations from the fossil fuel industry, a new analysis has found, raising concerns about their relationship with big oil."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [28], 08/18/2025
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"Deadly Nordic Heatwave Supercharged By Climate Crisis, Scientists Say" [29]

"The prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from climate change”, scientists say."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [31]
People & Population [32]
Public [15]
Europe [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 08/18/2025
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Scientists: Fungi Are The Secret Ingredient For Restoring The World’s Forests [35]

"Healthy fungal networks help trees and plants grow, making them key to successful reforestation. The only problem? Almost nothing is known about this subterranean ecology"

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 08/18/2025
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"Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse Without A Deal After “Chaotic” Negotiations" [38]

"UN talks on creating a global pact to stem plastic pollution collapsed in Geneva with no agreement or clear way forward after chaotic nights of negotiations failed to break a deadlock over whether to include measures aimed at curbing runaway plastic production."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [42]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
International [36]
Source: Climate Home News [44], 08/15/2025
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"Her Dogs Kept Dying, And She Got Cancer. Then They Tested Her Water." [45]

"Debbie Blankenship’s wheelchair carved perfect lines in the grass as she rolled into her backyard garden, passing a wooden arch filled with small grapes, a bush with plump blueberries and yellow crates filled with sprouting potatoes. She stopped at a dirt patch with a burial marker for her beagle — the latest of her dogs to die of cancer."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Source: Washington Post [48], 08/15/2025
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Caribbean Officials Warn Of Heavy Rains And Big Waves As Storm Erin Nears [49]

"Officials in the northern Caribbean warned Thursday of heavy rains and dangerous swells as Tropical Storm Erin approached the region."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Infrastructure [50]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
Source: AP [52], 08/15/2025
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Air Quality Concerns Linger After Coke Plant Explosion In Pennsylvania [53]

"The Pennsylvania county where an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others announced Thursday that it is stepping up air quality monitoring in the area of the sprawling facility that has a troubled environmental record."

Air [54]
Chemicals [39]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [31]
Journalism & Media [55]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Source: AP [56], 08/15/2025
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"In Appalachia, Fracking Is Not The Job Creator The Industry Claims" [57]

"As the Trump administration aims to bolster fossil fuels at the expense of clean energy expansion, new research shows the oil and gas sector has so far failed to become a major jobs creator for heavily fracked areas of northern Appalachia."

Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [58]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [59], 08/15/2025
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"Forcing Dirty Power Plants To Stay Open Would Cost Americans Billions" [60]

"The Trump admin’s scheme to keep old fossil-fuel plants running could saddle utility customers with nearly $6 billion a year in unnecessary costs, a report finds."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [58]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [42]
Technology [61]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [62], 08/15/2025
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Trump FTC Blocks California’s Emissions Agreement With Truck Manufacturers [63]

"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has declared that an emissions agreement between California and four major truck makers is “unenforceable” — paving the way for noncompliance with the Golden State’s pollution rules, which are stricter than federal standards."

Air [54]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [58]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [42]
Technology [61]
Transportation [64]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: The Hill [65], 08/15/2025
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Duffy Says NASA Will Dump Climate Science, Focus Only On Space Exploration [66]

"Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will “move aside” as it refocuses solely on space exploration."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [67]
Technology [61]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [68], 08/15/2025
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"Forest Experts Warn Spending Bill Sets Up US Forest Service to Fail" [69]

"The recently passed spending bill sets logging targets that federal officials don’t have the capacity to meet" "The new law sets aggressive timber harvesting goals and slashes spending for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Environmental advocates and industry insiders say those goals are contradictory and unworkable."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [21]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Sierra [70], 08/15/2025
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Environmental Justice Test for Trump EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death [71]

"EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [42]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [72]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 08/15/2025
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